slovodefinícia
pocket gopher
(encz)
pocket gopher, n:
pocket gopher
(gcide)
Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See
Gauffer.] (Zool.)
1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family
Geomyid[ae]; -- called also pocket gopher and {pouched
rat}. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to
many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the
earth.
[1913 Webster]

2. One of several western American species of the genus
Spermophilus, of the family Sciurid[ae]; as, the gray
gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher
(S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also {striped prairie
squirrel}, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile.
See Spermophile.
[1913 Webster]

3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern
United States, which makes extensive burrows.
[1913 Webster]

4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the
Southern United States.
[1913 Webster]

Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,
following or seeking the ore without regard to regular
grade or section. --Raymond.
[1913 Webster]
Pocket gopher
(gcide)
Pocket \Pock"et\ (p[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF.
poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche;
probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a pocket, and cf.
Poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and Pouch.]
1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a
garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;
hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
[1913 Webster]

2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into
which the balls are driven.
[1913 Webster]

3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as
ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a
sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,
the articles being sold by actual weight.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of
board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Mining.)
(a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or
other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a
cavity.
(b) A hole containing water.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a
batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Zool.) Same as Pouch.
[1913 Webster]

8. Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use;
specif.:
(a) A bin for storing coal, grain, etc.
(b) A socket for receiving the foot of a post, stake, etc.
(c) A bight on a lee shore.
(d) a small cavity in the body, especially one abnormally
filled with a fluid; as, a pocket of pus.
(e) (Dentistry) a small space between a tooth and the
adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the
gum from the tooth.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

9. An isolated group or area which has properties in contrast
to the surrounding area; as, a pocket of poverty in an
affluent region; pockets of resistance in a conquered
territory; a pocket of unemployment in a booming ecomony.
[PJC]

10. (Football) The area from which a quarterback throws a
pass, behind the line of scrimmage, delineated by the
defensive players of his own team who protect him from
attacking opponents; as, he had ample time in the pocket
to choose an open receiver.
[PJC]

11. (Baseball) The part of a baseball glove covering the palm
of the wearer's hand.
[PJC]

12. (Bowling) the space between the head pin and one of the
pins in the second row, considered as the optimal point
at which to aim the bowling ball in order to get a
strike.
[PJC]

Note: Pocket is often used adjectively in the sense of small,
or in the formation of compound words usually of
obvious signification; as, pocket knife, pocket comb,
pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief,
pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc.
[1913 Webster]

deep pocket or

deep pockets, wealth or substantial financial assets.

Note: Used esp. in legal actions, where plaintiffs desire to
find a defendant with "deep pockets", so as to be able
to actually obtain the sum of damages which may be
judged due to him. This contrasts with a
"judgment-proof" defendant, one who has neither assets
nor insurance, and against whom a judgment for monetary
damages would be uncollectable and worthless.

Out of pocket. See under Out, prep.

Pocket borough, a borough "owned" by some person. See under
Borough. [Eng.]

Pocket gopher (Zool.), any one of several species of
American rodents of the genera Geomys, and Thomomys,
family Geomyd[ae]. They have large external cheek
pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit
North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the
Pacific. Called also pouched gopher.

Pocket mouse (Zool.), any species of American mice of the
family Saccomyid[ae]. They have external cheek pouches.
Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus Dipadomys),
and are called kangaroo mice. They are native of the
Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.

Pocket piece, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not
spent.

Pocket pistol, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.

Pocket sheriff (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole
authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges
in the exchequer. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
pocket gopher
(wn)
pocket gopher
n 1: burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large
external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern
North America [syn: gopher, pocket gopher, {pouched
rat}]
podobné slovodefinícia
northern pocket gopher
(encz)
northern pocket gopher, n:
plains pocket gopher
(encz)
plains pocket gopher, n:
pocket gopher
(encz)
pocket gopher, n:
southeastern pocket gopher
(encz)
southeastern pocket gopher, n:
valley pocket gopher
(encz)
valley pocket gopher, n:
pocket gopher
(gcide)
Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See
Gauffer.] (Zool.)
1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family
Geomyid[ae]; -- called also pocket gopher and {pouched
rat}. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to
many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the
earth.
[1913 Webster]

2. One of several western American species of the genus
Spermophilus, of the family Sciurid[ae]; as, the gray
gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher
(S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also {striped prairie
squirrel}, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile.
See Spermophile.
[1913 Webster]

3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern
United States, which makes extensive burrows.
[1913 Webster]

4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the
Southern United States.
[1913 Webster]

Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,
following or seeking the ore without regard to regular
grade or section. --Raymond.
[1913 Webster]Pocket \Pock"et\ (p[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF.
poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche;
probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a pocket, and cf.
Poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and Pouch.]
1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a
garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;
hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
[1913 Webster]

2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into
which the balls are driven.
[1913 Webster]

3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as
ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a
sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,
the articles being sold by actual weight.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of
board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Mining.)
(a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or
other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a
cavity.
(b) A hole containing water.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a
batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Zool.) Same as Pouch.
[1913 Webster]

8. Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use;
specif.:
(a) A bin for storing coal, grain, etc.
(b) A socket for receiving the foot of a post, stake, etc.
(c) A bight on a lee shore.
(d) a small cavity in the body, especially one abnormally
filled with a fluid; as, a pocket of pus.
(e) (Dentistry) a small space between a tooth and the
adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the
gum from the tooth.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

9. An isolated group or area which has properties in contrast
to the surrounding area; as, a pocket of poverty in an
affluent region; pockets of resistance in a conquered
territory; a pocket of unemployment in a booming ecomony.
[PJC]

10. (Football) The area from which a quarterback throws a
pass, behind the line of scrimmage, delineated by the
defensive players of his own team who protect him from
attacking opponents; as, he had ample time in the pocket
to choose an open receiver.
[PJC]

11. (Baseball) The part of a baseball glove covering the palm
of the wearer's hand.
[PJC]

12. (Bowling) the space between the head pin and one of the
pins in the second row, considered as the optimal point
at which to aim the bowling ball in order to get a
strike.
[PJC]

Note: Pocket is often used adjectively in the sense of small,
or in the formation of compound words usually of
obvious signification; as, pocket knife, pocket comb,
pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief,
pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc.
[1913 Webster]

deep pocket or

deep pockets, wealth or substantial financial assets.

Note: Used esp. in legal actions, where plaintiffs desire to
find a defendant with "deep pockets", so as to be able
to actually obtain the sum of damages which may be
judged due to him. This contrasts with a
"judgment-proof" defendant, one who has neither assets
nor insurance, and against whom a judgment for monetary
damages would be uncollectable and worthless.

Out of pocket. See under Out, prep.

Pocket borough, a borough "owned" by some person. See under
Borough. [Eng.]

Pocket gopher (Zool.), any one of several species of
American rodents of the genera Geomys, and Thomomys,
family Geomyd[ae]. They have large external cheek
pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit
North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the
Pacific. Called also pouched gopher.

Pocket mouse (Zool.), any species of American mice of the
family Saccomyid[ae]. They have external cheek pouches.
Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus Dipadomys),
and are called kangaroo mice. They are native of the
Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.

Pocket piece, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not
spent.

Pocket pistol, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.

Pocket sheriff (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole
authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges
in the exchequer. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
Pocket gopher
(gcide)
Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See
Gauffer.] (Zool.)
1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family
Geomyid[ae]; -- called also pocket gopher and {pouched
rat}. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to
many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the
earth.
[1913 Webster]

2. One of several western American species of the genus
Spermophilus, of the family Sciurid[ae]; as, the gray
gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher
(S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also {striped prairie
squirrel}, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile.
See Spermophile.
[1913 Webster]

3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern
United States, which makes extensive burrows.
[1913 Webster]

4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the
Southern United States.
[1913 Webster]

Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,
following or seeking the ore without regard to regular
grade or section. --Raymond.
[1913 Webster]Pocket \Pock"et\ (p[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF.
poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche;
probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a pocket, and cf.
Poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and Pouch.]
1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a
garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;
hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
[1913 Webster]

2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into
which the balls are driven.
[1913 Webster]

3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as
ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a
sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,
the articles being sold by actual weight.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of
board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Mining.)
(a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or
other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a
cavity.
(b) A hole containing water.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a
batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Zool.) Same as Pouch.
[1913 Webster]

8. Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use;
specif.:
(a) A bin for storing coal, grain, etc.
(b) A socket for receiving the foot of a post, stake, etc.
(c) A bight on a lee shore.
(d) a small cavity in the body, especially one abnormally
filled with a fluid; as, a pocket of pus.
(e) (Dentistry) a small space between a tooth and the
adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the
gum from the tooth.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

9. An isolated group or area which has properties in contrast
to the surrounding area; as, a pocket of poverty in an
affluent region; pockets of resistance in a conquered
territory; a pocket of unemployment in a booming ecomony.
[PJC]

10. (Football) The area from which a quarterback throws a
pass, behind the line of scrimmage, delineated by the
defensive players of his own team who protect him from
attacking opponents; as, he had ample time in the pocket
to choose an open receiver.
[PJC]

11. (Baseball) The part of a baseball glove covering the palm
of the wearer's hand.
[PJC]

12. (Bowling) the space between the head pin and one of the
pins in the second row, considered as the optimal point
at which to aim the bowling ball in order to get a
strike.
[PJC]

Note: Pocket is often used adjectively in the sense of small,
or in the formation of compound words usually of
obvious signification; as, pocket knife, pocket comb,
pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief,
pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc.
[1913 Webster]

deep pocket or

deep pockets, wealth or substantial financial assets.

Note: Used esp. in legal actions, where plaintiffs desire to
find a defendant with "deep pockets", so as to be able
to actually obtain the sum of damages which may be
judged due to him. This contrasts with a
"judgment-proof" defendant, one who has neither assets
nor insurance, and against whom a judgment for monetary
damages would be uncollectable and worthless.

Out of pocket. See under Out, prep.

Pocket borough, a borough "owned" by some person. See under
Borough. [Eng.]

Pocket gopher (Zool.), any one of several species of
American rodents of the genera Geomys, and Thomomys,
family Geomyd[ae]. They have large external cheek
pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit
North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the
Pacific. Called also pouched gopher.

Pocket mouse (Zool.), any species of American mice of the
family Saccomyid[ae]. They have external cheek pouches.
Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus Dipadomys),
and are called kangaroo mice. They are native of the
Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.

Pocket piece, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not
spent.

Pocket pistol, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.

Pocket sheriff (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole
authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges
in the exchequer. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
northern pocket gopher
(wn)
northern pocket gopher
n 1: greyish to brown gopher of western and central United
States [syn: northern pocket gopher, {Thomomys
talpoides}]
plains pocket gopher
(wn)
plains pocket gopher
n 1: gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America [syn:
plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius]
pocket gopher
(wn)
pocket gopher
n 1: burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large
external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern
North America [syn: gopher, pocket gopher, {pouched
rat}]
southeastern pocket gopher
(wn)
southeastern pocket gopher
n 1: gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida [syn:
southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis]
valley pocket gopher
(wn)
valley pocket gopher
n 1: of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
[syn: valley pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae]

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